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Pink Pony Club for number 1 (again)! Or at least back to its favourite position of number 2!

Hmmm. But will Alex decline by less than the market?

Fleetwood Mac coming for Weeknd’s crown! Top 4 very soon - and will they catch Sam Fender before anyone else overtakes them?

Wow! Almost all charity singles, novelties, reality TV spin offs, boy bands and ex boy band members! The biggest surprises for me are Manic Street Preachers and Daniel Bedingfield - as well as the two Busted tracks - though I guess Busted had already sold hundreds of thousands of albums by the time those singles were released. But yes - very strange that ‘Slow’ was in that very short list. A very underrated track.

I’ve never been a Take That fan but I found ‘Forever Love’ beautiful - I bought it despite never owning any TT music.

Not quite the same: but it reminded me that the original version of Dreams by Gabrielle was pulled after getting loads of airplay because of the uncleared sample (or likeness) of Fast Car. Nonetheless it set a new record for the highest debuting debut single of all time. Please correct me if I’m wrong

This sometimes happens when the music is identical (rather than remixed). The two versions get muddled up and combined. Something similar happened to Mae Muller ‘I Wrote A Song’ if my memory serves me correctly.

Brilliant list! I always assumed ‘We Will Rock You’ was a double A side - but I’ve not checked.

My top 2 out today - but at least they made the top 20. ‘My Immortal’ is one of my all time favourites - I first heard it in the Daredevil film and bought the soundtrack as soon as I could. One of the best film soundtracks ever in my opinion.

Does anyone know the next biggest selling single to miss the top 75 and the biggest to miss the top 100?

Quite a clear out in two weeks time, I imagine!

‘The Chain’ must have set records for high certification v low chart peak. I wonder if anyone is brave enough to investigate what records it has set.

Sad to see Kirsty so low! I love that song.

50 Evanescence – My Immortal 49 Lady Gaga - Alejandro 48 Pulp - Disco 2000 47 t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us 46 Green Day - Basket Case 45 Dolly Parton - Jolene 44 Kirsty MacColl - A New England 43 Radiohead - Creep 42 Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet 41 Jade - Angel Of My Dreams 40 Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces 39 Avril Lavigne – I'm With You 38 Britney Spears - Stronger 37 U2 - One 36 Gossip – Standing In The Way of Control 35 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake 34 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 33 Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing 32 Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me 31 Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 30 The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army 29 Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire 28 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts 27 Alan Walker - Faded 26 Klaxons – Golden Skans 25 The Kooks – She Moves in Her Own Way 24 The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind 23 The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love 22 The Cure - The Love Cats 21 Chic - Le Freak 20 Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell – One (Your Name) 19 Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You) 18 Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - Forgot About Dre 17 Amy Winehouse - Rehab 16 Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors 15 Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight 14 LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live 13 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 12 The Beach Boys - I Get Around 11 Queen - Another One Bites The Dust 10 Madonna – Get Together 9 The Ones - Flawless 8 The Verve - Lucky Man 7 Daft Punk - Da Funk / Musique 6 The Doors - Light My Fire 5 Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol 4 Grandmaster and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) 3 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 2 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 1 The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow Fascinating that I’m a pop boy through and through, yet there are so many rock and indie songs towards the top of my list. They just happen to be classics!

I just find it amazing that such an old studio album, more than 45 years old, can still be one of the 10 biggest studio albums of the decade so far. Especially when it had no big hits in the UK at the time - none of them made the top 20. Part of the secret is in still having 3 massively streamed songs: Dreams, The Chain and Go Your Own Way. But I think also the album itself, unlike many other albums, is genuinely streamed as a whole.

Can you clarify what you mean?

25 Evanescence - My Immortal 24 Lady Gaga - Alejandro 23 Tori Amos - Pretty Good Year 22 Pulp - Disco 2000 21 t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us 20 Green Day - Basket Case 19 Dolly Parton - Jolene 18 Mika - Happy Ending 17 Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night 16 Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces 15 Britney Spears - Stronger 14 Elton John - Your Song 13 Yello - The Race 12 U2 - One 11 Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control 10 The Bravery - An Honest Mistake 9 Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer 8 Robert Miles - Fable 7 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 6 Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 5 Kygo and Selena Gomez – It Ain't Me 4 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts 3 Alan Walker - Faded 2 The Cure - The Love Cats 1 Madonna - I'll Remember

Regarding Brenda: the two versions of RATCT appear to be on different record labels. I would assume that this means that they are not combined for chart purposes. Does anyone have an opinion, or any knowledge of this?

Amazing work! And great to finally see Kylie as one of the 10 greatest artists of all time!

Also most were at times when downloading was the main contributor to the chart.

It will be interesting to see! I don’t think Mariah‘s physicals made that much of an impact last time they were released. But people are more into buying physical singles now than 5 years ago.

From my past experience, 50% of the time Alexa starts with Wham!, and 50% of the time she starts with Mariah.

But how many people buy physicals apart from by their favourite artists? Even the Pogues last year didn’t get a massive number of physicals.

Last year he threw his hat behind AC/DC then switched to Pogues. When Wham! reached number 1 he tried to take the credit despite giving up on them after Christmas chart 2017. I’ll keep my personal opinion of him to myself. … needless to say, he’s blocked me on Facebook.

The question is, what do you mean by first week? This week or next week? I voted based on this week as its release date was yesterday. So far it is not showing on Apple, but the Band Aid 30 version from the Band Aid 40 EP is showing, but has not climbed since it debuted. Possibly some kind of error.